Mills red hits Royals: Match Review

The first-half dismissal of Matthew Mills proved costly for in-form Reading as they slipped to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Ipswich.

Mills was given a straight red card by referee Keith Stroud in the 30th minute for a two-footed challenge on David Norris.

And Ipswich wasted little time in taking advantage as headers from Gareth McAuley and Jon Walters put them two goals up at the break.

Reading, who were unbeaten in seven league games prior to this fixture, battled hard after the break and grabbed a late consolation through Gylfi Sigurdsson's 90th-minute free-kick.

But the hosts held on to move within a point of their opponents in the Coca-Cola Championship table.

Roy Keane made one change to his Ipswich line-up, with David Healy starting in place of Shane O'Connor.

Teenage forward Connor Wickham, who turned 17 this week, was among the substitutes following his return from international duty with the England Under-17 squad.

Reading - who were unchanged - received a double boost prior to the game, with Brian McDermott being named as the Coca-Cola Championship manager of the month for March and midfielder Sigurdsson picking up the player of the month award.

Brian Howard saw a shot deflect wide for the visitors early on, while Ipswich's David Healy forced Adam Federici into action from an acute angle.

Town midfielder Norris was then booked for simulation after going down in the box under a challenge from Zurab Khizanishvili, before Healy threatened again with an overhead kick that forced Federici into further action.

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